About Us:
Virginia Catering has been hosting special events at The Place at Innsbrook since 1995 and at Expressions at The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen since 1999!
We offer full-service event venues committed to making your event as flawless as possible. We provide all food and beverage, set up and clean up, china, glassware, silverware and staff.
- everything that you need for a well-planned, uncomplicated event.
Our food service includes breakfast, brunch, plated and buffet lunches, boxed lunches, refreshment breaks, plated and buffet dinners, cocktail parties and picnics.
- additionally, we will be pleased to cater your event at your location!
If providing bar services is a part of your event…
- be assured that we can handle your beverage needs and staffing.
So whether you are planning a twenty member board meeting or a reception for hundreds, we are here to accommodate your event venue and catering needs!
Ken Thers
Owner and General Manager
Ken’s career has spanned three decades and two continents. Beginning his training in 1974 at the renowned Culinary Institute of Copenhagen, Ken quickly rose to Executive Sous Chef at Copenhagen’s Plaza Hotel, one of Europe’s most prestigious hotels.
In 1980, Ken came to the United States where he helped open some of the finest restaurants and executive conference centers on the East Coast. They include:
- Scanticon Princeton Conference Center, Executive Sous Chef
- The Citrus Club, Executive Chef
- Club Corporation of America, Regional Executive Chef
- Lakeland Yacht and Country Club, Executive Chef
- The Woods at Killington Resort, Food and Beverage Director
- The Dominion Club at Wyndham, Food and Beverage Director
In 1995, Ken opened The Place at Innsbrook with much success as Innbrook’s premier “weddings, banquets, meetings, parties, picnic” place. In 1999, Ken expanded with Expressions - the special event venue and restaurant at The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen.
Ken’s accomplishments also include the Culinary Institute’s Bronze Medal, as well as several four star ratings.